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No. 62mm. Patented Mar. 2a, |899.

J. H. soonFELLow. y COOKING 0R vHEATING STOVE.

(Apnlcation Bled June 23, 1898.)

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NrTnD STATES PATENT Ehren.

JOHN H. GOODFELLOW, OF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- d HALF TOJOSEPH W. PIPER, OF SAME PLACE.

' bination With a cooking or heating apparatus COOKING OR H EATINGSTOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 621,812, dated March28, 1899.

Application led June 23, 1898. Serial No. 684,317. (No model.) d

To ctZZ whom, t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN H. Goonrnnnow, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lowell, Middlesex county, and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cooking or HeatingStoves, fully set forth in the following description and represented .inthe accompanyn ing drawings. e

`This invention relates to improvements in heating and cooking stoves,&c., and such other apparatus inpwhich there is a combustion-chamber andsmoke-fines constructed therein for the passage of combustion, heat, andgases and in which passages there may be an accumulation of ashes andsoot in the flues of such apparatus. Heretofore it has been customary toprovide such apparatus with flue stop or door to be removed in variouswalls of the apparatus through which a scraper could be manipulated torake out the accumulated mass of foreign matter, while others removed aportion of the oven-plate to facilitate'the same purpose. The task beingobnoxious and laborious at times and often causing much dust to rise inthe room or to reach the floor, a task being lhard for a lady toperform, requires much skill in manipulating, for the agitations of thedust in the flue with a scraper causes much to be carried back by thedraft into the flues of the stove, while in the application of myimprovements none of these objectionable features can occur, or the lossof a suitable scraper, generally supplied with an apparatus, hinder. ordelay the cleaning of .the flues to the annoyance of the operator whendesired to have the stove in its best possible condition for baking; andmy invention has for its object to provide means always ready, quick,and easy to operate to remove the accumulated soot and ashes from saidflues of such apparatus without any of the said objectionable features.

To this end my invention consists, in cornprovided with gas and heatconducting flues, of a flue-strip supported free from the bottom of saidpassage and a tray or pan constructed and arranged and adapted to passbeneath the Hue-strip, whereby upon its removal from the flue theaccumulated soot and ashes may be removed thereupon; and it further confsists of the combination, with a cooking or heating apparatus pro videdwithv gas and heat conducting iiues, of a ue strip or strips supportedfree from the bottom of said passage and a tray or pan constructed andarranged and adapted to pass beneath the fluestrip and furnished with amatching Iiue- 6 o strip arranged to register therewith, whereby theproducts of combustion are directed and the accumulated soot and ashesmay be removed thereupon; and it further consists of such other detailsof construction and operaa tion as are hereinafter described, andpointed out in the claims. In the drawings,'Figure l is a perspectiveView of a cooking-range, illustrating the application of my invention;Fig. 2, a rear end 7o elevation of a range with the end jamb A removed,illustrating distinctive features of my invention; Fig. 3, a verticaltransverse section of Fig. 2 With rear end jamb in position; Fig. 4, avertical section, and Fig. 5 a longi 75 tudinal section, illustrating amodification; and Fig. 6, a perspective vi ew of my improved soot-trayremoved from the stove. A

Like letters of reference refer to corresponding figures in thedrawings.l

AArepresents the end jamb of a stove, Othe end oven-plate, D the bottomoven-plate,` L the bottom of the stove, and B the back of the stove, aportion of which forms the back of the oven and rear ascending flue Q,between all of which plates the flues N Q and O P are formed, the twolatter forming the horizontal flues between the plates D and L orbeneath the.oven R.

In Figs. l, 2, and 3 my improvements are 9o shown as combined with asheet-flue stove, while Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate them in what iscommonly known as diving and ascending flue stoves. In the former theflue-strip b is omitted and the strip ct arranged diagonally beneath thebottom oven-plate, which, as shown,.may be connected thereto by suitablebolts a3 passing through members a2, the lower edge of said strip beingsupported free from the bottom L. Longitudinally this strip rco may beinclined, so that its highest edge adjacent to the door may be fartheroff from the bottom of the stove. l

t represents inwardly-projecting lianges formed on the side walls of the[lue-passages, thc object of which will hereinafter appear.

S is an elongated opening, which may be constructed in any of the sidewalls of the stove, communicating with the said iiues, and I is a dooradapted to close the same, and 2a drawer-pull or other suitableoperating device.

As shown, .I represents a pan or tray which may be made of any suitablematerial, such as sheet or cast metal, and provided with shallow sidesand end flanges, the upper edges of which may occupy a position beneaththe flanges t, thus directing dust and ashes to the pan. One of thesides of said pan may be rigidly connected to the door I, or it may beprovided with an independent end or edge and placed within the Hue-spacefree of the said door. As shown in Figs. l, 2, 3, and 5, the said trayis provided with an auxiliary flue-strip d, its top face d3 of suitablewidth and preferably inclined to correspond to the angle of the loweredge of the strip a and its width compensating for any inaccuracy in1ocating it in the pan, or it may be struck up from the metal formingthe tray. Thus when in line together with each other the products ofcombustion are directed from the flue o to I and Q by passing around theouter ends of theirjunction. In Figs. tand 5 the said strips a and d arearranged to iit'the requirements of a divin g-ii ue stove, in which theupper face of the auxiliary strip (Z maybe provided with a rabbet w andthe lower edge of the lluestrip a extendinginto the rabbet. Thus whenmoved into position longitudinally to form a junction with the stripthey form sealing as well as matching edges and readily free themselvesfrom each other as the pan J is drawn out through the opening S byreason of their wedge-like action. In lieu of the auxiliary strip d thesaid strip a may be constructed to form a closed junction with thebottom of the pan, and its end may pass in and out of the notch n as thepan is withdrawn or replaced and a raised surface or rabbet form ed tobe cooperated therewith made in the tray-bottom. A suitable bail may beconnected to the pan, by which it may be carried after withdrawal.

In someinstances, if desired, separate pans may be used, one on eitherside of the Huestrip a, which may form its junction with the,

bottom L, and the side of the strip provided with dust-directing flangest, under which the edges of the pan may pass, the same as on its outeredges, the said pans being connected to the door I or independentthereof,without departing from the spirit of my invention.

In operating this device, assuming that all parts are in position andthe stove has been used sufficiently to require cleaning, it is butnecessary to sweep all dirt from the top of the oven-plate into theflueN or N and Q, pound lightly the side plates of the stove and ovenplates with hammer or poker to jar the dust from them into the flue Oand I), when the pan or tray may be drawn out with its contents bythedrawer-pull, the bail 7;/ lifted from the bottom, and the tray carriedto the ashbarrel, after which the same may be quickly placed inposition.

Then the flue Q extends up behind the rear oven-plate, as seen in Figs.l, 2, and 5, the lower end, forming connection with the ue P, may beprovided with a suitable sootdisplacer V, the movement of which willcause the soot resting therein to be directed into the pan, as shown inFig. 3, consists of a triangular frame resting on the bed of the flue,and a connecting-rod o protrudes from the side and furnished with asuitable knob c to reciprocate this rod in and out of the flue. Theagitation of the scraper will quickly force the soot into the pan.

Having shown and described this invention as applied to cookingapparatus, it will be readily understood that the same is equallyapplicable to many constructions of parlorstoves and heaters commonlyknown as baseburners, its modifications and shape being adjusted to beused beneath the ash-pit within the flues of such stoves and the sameobject obtained without departing from the spirit of my invention.

IVhat I claim isl. In a cooking apparatus, the combination withheat-conducting iiues and a tray or pan arranged therein, of a'flue-strip supported free from the bottom of said flue, and meansconstructed and arranged in the bottom of the pan, adapting it tocooperate as set forth.

2. In a cooking apparatus, the combination with suitable heat-conductingues and a tray or pan adapted thereto, of a dividing finestrip in thepan constructed and arranged, and adapted to register with walls aboveit, whereby the products of combustion are directed.

3. In a cooking apparatus, the combination with suitable heat-conductingflues, of a tray or pan provided with a device adapted to register witha suspended flue-strip, whereby the products of combustion are directed,and the pan separable therefrom with its contents without disturbing theHue-strip.

et. In a cooking apparatus, the combination with heat-conducting ilues,of a tray or pan provided with a device adapted to register with asuspended Hue-strip, their meeting surfaces constructed and arranged toprovide awedge-like action, and furnished with a suitable bail, as setforth.

5. In combination with a cookingv apparatus, provided with rear verticaland horizontal iues beneath the oven, and avertieal ascending flueextended therefrom, of a displacement device located at the junction ofthe latterlue, adapted to direct the soot and IOO IIO

ashes accumulating therein, into the horizon# tal lue.

6. In combination with a cooking apparatus, provided With rear divingflue and horizontallue beneath the oven, a removable tray or pan in saidflue, a vertical ascending flue extended therefrom, of an agitatingdevice located on the bottom of said ue at their j unction, and meansfor operating the same,

whereby the soot and ashes accumulating in Io the vertical flue may bedirected into the pan.

In testimony whereof I have set my hand, this 13th day of June, 1898, inthe presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN H. GOODFELLOW.

Witnesses:

TRUMAN PARKER, CHAs. H. WYMAN.

